Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out

Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by dack on Friday January 13, 2017 @09:41AM (#13391088)

> If your views are substantially outside the mainstream there is no point in voting.

There's still a big reason to vote: pick the candidate with the least amount of problems that has a chance of winning. But I do agree that voting is usually too-little-too-late if you don't already have the majority of voters knowing about your cause.

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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by r3bl on Friday January 13, 2017 @09:47AM (#13391132)

Yes, in a classical two-party system, voting for lesser of two evils is the only option.

But in the US, there's also the question in which state you live in. For example, there's no point voting Republican in California, nor Democrat in Texas.

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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by rm_-rf_slash on Friday January 13, 2017 @10:55AM (#13391721)

There are several Republican enclaves in California (particularly in rural areas) just as there are several Democratic enclaves in Texas (particularly in urban areas).

I live in Ithaca, NY. That means we have a very, very liberal municipal government, gerrymandered-to-shit knucklehead (mostly) Republican legislative representation in Albany and DC, and a moderately liberal governor (Cuomo). These layers matter.

But if you don't mind tyranny then by all means don't vote.

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